# Free Blacks Kidnapped and Enslaved; Was This Really a Thing?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 5, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-blacks-kidnapped-and-enslaved-was-this-really-a-thing/682934 "2014-03-05T16:36:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-blacks-kidnapped-and-enslaved-was-this-really-a-thing/682934/44 "2014-03-06T05:23:37Z")

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(to everyone)  
Not everyone has seen _12 years a slave_ yet, please be careful with the spoilers.

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